GhostBSD Xfce Changelog

What's new in GhostBSD Xfce 19.10

Oct 28, 2019
  • UEFI multiboot installation for supported hardware.
  • Changed the ISO boot setup
  • Removed netmount services

New in GhostBSD Xfce 19.09 (Sep 27, 2019)

  • GhostBSD 19.09 is built from TrueOS/FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE
  • OpenRC is updated to 0.41.2
  • GhostBSD now use TrueOS packages base from ports
  • NetworkMgr CPU usage got improved
  • A lot of unnecessary software got removed
  • Exaile got replaced with Rhythmbox
  • Gnome MPV got replaced by VLC
  • XFburn got replaced by Brasero
  • Vim got replaced by Tiny Vim
  • The Display Manager switched to Slick Greeter for our LightDM frontend
  • Vimix got update and improved for MATE, XFCE
  • amdgpu and radeonkms was added to xconfig options

New in GhostBSD Xfce 19.04 (Apr 16, 2019)

  • Replaced slim by Lightdm
  • Updated the system to FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT r324678+de2c6abb2b7(ghostbsd-master) GENERIC
  • Added the supports of ZFS with MBR on the installer
  • Removed TrueOS setting to default to ZFS which improved the installation of UFS
  • Fix default mate-terminal setting
  • Added GhostBSD boot mute
  • Added Refine setup on the installer
  • Removed gksu
  • Fixed UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' problem with Software Station

New in GhostBSD Xfce 11.1 (Nov 16, 2017)

  • What's new on GhostBSD 11.1:
  • GhostBSD software repository
  • Support VMware Workstation Guest Features
  • New UFS full disk mirroring option on the installer
  • New UFS full disk MBR and GPT option on the installer
  • New UFS full disk swap size option on the installer
  • Whisker Menu as default Application menu on XFCE
  • All software developed by GhostBSD is now getting updated
  • ZFS configuration for disk
  • What has been fixed on 11.1:
  • Fix XFCE sound plugin
  • Installer ZFS configuration file setting
  • Installer ZFS setup appears to be incomplete
  • The installer was not listing ZFS disk correctly.
  • The installer The partition list was not deleted when pressing back
  • XFCE and MATE shutdown/suspend/hibernate randomly missing
  • Clicking 'GhostBSD Bugs' item in the Main menu -> 'System Tools' brings up 'Server not found' page
  • XFCE installation - incorrect keyboard layout
  • Locale setting not filling correctly
  • Update Station tray icon

New in GhostBSD Xfce 10.3 (Aug 31, 2016)

  • What's new in GhostBSD 10.3:
  • ZFS support
  • UEFI support
  • Installer custom partition creation subjection
  • VirtualBox support get setup at boot time if needed.
  • 4k partition alignment by default
  • GhostBSD Software will be updated Quarterly which will bring more stability to GhostBSD still user will be able to change it to latest to have the latest software update.
  • What changed in GhostBSD 10.3:
  • The installer partition editor UI and partitioning have been improved
  • VirtualBox additions would be uninstall after installer if it is not runnig in a VirtualBox
  • Slim is replacing GDM.
  • Networkmgr display the full SSID
  • Replaced the HTML/CSS installation slide with a GTK/CSS the slide.
  • What has been fix:
  • Networkmgr SSID list
  • VirtualBox supports
  • Installer MBR partition issue
  • Some installer text error
  • Keyboard layout after installation with MATE
  • Network Manager slowness to open the menu
  • Network Manager icon tray crash
  • Localtime time as been fix
  • Fix boot partition for GPT to supports freebsd-boot, bios-boot and efi
  • System Update duplicating the whole install under /boot/kernel.old
  • sudo configuration
  • Wifi down by default
  • Locales are not correctly set up on installation

New in GhostBSD Xfce 10.1 (Sep 13, 2015)

  • What's new in GhostBSD 10.1:
  • GhostBSD ISO image is hybrid that can be burn on DVD or USB stick
  • XFCE is coming back
  • Users can chose to install the BSD boot manager, Grub boot manager or simply None and use their Linux Grub
  • Station Tweak a fork of Mate Tweak
  • OctoPkg GUI frontend for pkgng written in Qt
  • Station Update Manager to update FreeBSD base system and third party software
  • Software from pkg or ports can be installed in the live DVD/USB session
  • VT Console by default
  • Instant verification for user and root to know if the password is strong and match on the system installer
  • Host name and user name auto completion when typing the real name
  • Vim
  • What changed in GhostBSD 10.1:
  • The installer partition editor UI and partitioning have been greatly improved
  • SpiderOak has been removed from the default system
  • GDM is replacing PCDM for more functionalities
  • Wifimgr is now fully replaced by Networkmgr
  • What has been fix:
  • The installation process failed to copy
  • Radon/ATI and Intel issue
  • Mouse integration suport for VirtualBox
  • The installer GPT partition problem
  • Some installer text error

New in GhostBSD Xfce 3.5 (Nov 7, 2013)

  • OpenSSL has been updated to version 0.9.8y.
  • DTrace hooks have been enabled by default in the GENERIC kernel.
  • DTrace has been updated to version 1.9.0.
  • Sendmail has been updated to version 8.14.7.
  • OpenSSH has been updated to version 6.2p2.
  • Gnome 2.32 has been replace by Mate 1.6.
  • Xfce 4.10 is now part of Desktop choice.
  • GhostBSD BSM theme with custom Faenza icon.
  • Mate, Xfce and LXDE contain a more uniform set of software.
  • Gimp is now install by default.
  • Shotwell is now install by default.
  • Libre Office has been change for Apache Open Office 4.
  • The installer GBI as been updated to 1.3.

New in GhostBSD Xfce 3.5 RC3 (Oct 26, 2013)

  • GDM mouse fix.

New in GhostBSD Xfce 3.5 RC2 (Oct 14, 2013)

  • FreeBSD 9.2 RC4 to FreeBSD 9.2 REALEASE.
  • i386 Openbox Menu has been fix.
  • Installer "Customize Partitionnig" option windows title has been change.

New in GhostBSD Xfce 3.5 RC1 (Sep 23, 2013)

  • FreeBSD RC3 to RC4.
  • Installer progress black window fixed
  • Bxpkg Package Manager "fail to start due to some GTK+ issue" is fixed
  • Mate BSM theme is Fixed
  • New GDM login theme